Mars One to launch first test mission

[josephpalazzo]

Mars One will launch its first unmanned mission to the Red Planet in 2016, its co-founder says.

The firm plans to establish a human settlement on Martian soil in 2023, by offering passengers a one-way ticket.

Mars One will send "a small craft that will demonstrate the technologies we need for our human colony" and is inviting partners to join the mission.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24749687

[Solitary]

I wish them the best of luck because they will need it. Solitary

[stromboli]

I'll contribute to this right after I send $250 for that Kenyan lottery prize I got the email about.

[aileron]

Sure, go to Mars.  It's not like interplanetary space has high doses of ionizing radiation or something.

[Gerard]

Let's just wait and see what will (or more probably will not) be launched in 2016.......

Gerard